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  Heist

  A heist film is a film that has an intricate plot woven around a group of people trying to steal something. Versions with dominant or prominent comic elements are often called caper movies. They could be described as the analogues of caper stories in film history. Typically, there are many plot...

• Comedy of manners

  The comedy of manners satirizes the manners and affectations of a social class, often represented by stock characters, such as the miles gloriosus in ancient times, the fop and the rake during the Restoration, or an old person pretending to be young. The plot of the comedy, often concerned with an...

• Walek Dzedzej

  Cyril Danicki [SIH-ril dah-NEETZ-kee], pseudonym Walek Dzedzej [VAH-lek DZEH-dzey] (December 13, 1953—October 7, 2006) was a Polish songwriter, poet and musician, renowned as his country's first punk rock performer. Walek Dzedzej was born Lesław [LES-lahv] Danicki in Warsaw. In later interviews, he...

• Concert film

  A concert movie, or concert film, is a type of documentary movie, the subject of which is an extended live performance or concert by a musician (or, more recently, by a comedian). Typically, concert films have simple, descriptive names such as "(performer) Live", "(performer) In Concert". Early...

• Epic

  An epic is a genre of film which places emphasis on human drama on a grand scale. They are more ambitious in scope than other genres which helps to differentiate them from similar genres such as the period piece or adventure film. This often entails high production values, a sweeping musical score...

• School story

  The school story is a fiction genre centering on older pre-adolescent and adolescent school life, at its most popular in the first half of the twentieth century. While examples do exist in other countries, it is most commonly set in English Boarding schools and mostly written in girls and boys sub...